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2016-17 regular season

Canadiens at Sabres

🗓 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 1–0

Canadiens beat Sabres 4–1 at KeyBank Center on October 13, 2016.

MTL – BUF
24–31
Shots on goal
0/2–1/5
Power play
14–28
Hits
12–8
Blocked shots
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The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap
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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Brendan Gallagher
2 G
2 shots · 14:50 TOI
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Andrew Shaw
1 G
4 shots · 13:55 TOI
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Al Montoya
30 saves
0.968 SV% · 1 GA

Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🇨🇦 Brendan Gallagher Go-ahead 1st · 08:43
Assists: Max Pacioretty · beat Robin Lehner
1–0
2nd period
🇨🇦 Torrey Mitchell 2nd · 03:21
Assists: Paul Byron, Phillip Danault · beat Robin Lehner
2–0
3rd period
⚔️ Matt Moulson PP 3rd · 00:35
Assists: Sam Reinhart, Rasmus Ristolainen · beat Al Montoya
2–1
🇨🇦 Brendan Gallagher 3rd · 06:43
Assists: Shea Weber, Alex Galchenyuk · beat Robin Lehner
3–1
🇨🇦 Andrew Shaw 3rd · 11:36
Assists: Daniel Carr, David Desharnais · beat Robin Lehner
4–1

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Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Pacioretty · Plekanec · Galchenyuk 16:58
L2 Lehkonen · Radulov · Gallagher 15:45
L3 Byron · Desharnais · Shaw 12:56
L4 Carr · Danault · Mitchell 11:04
D1 Weber · Pateryn 23:25
D2 Markov · Emelin 21:51
D3 Beaulieu · Sergachev 14:47
⚔️Sabres
L1 O'Reilly · Reinhart · Ennis 21:02
L2 Larsson · Foligno · Gionta 15:52
L3 Kane · Grant · Girgensons 12:43
L4 Moulson · Deslauriers · Fasching 11:24
D1 Ristolainen · Bogosian 22:49
D2 McCabe · Franson 20:34
D3 Gorges · Nelson 14:56

Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL BUF⚔️
24 Shots on goal 31
0/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5
14 Hits 28
12 Blocked shots 8
6 Takeaways 3
8 Giveaways 8
22 Penalty minutes 6
MTL shooting 16.7% (4/24) BUF shooting 3.2% (1/31)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Al Montoya
30/31
.968 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Robin Lehner
20/24
.833 SV% · 4 GA · 57:56 TOI

Where the goals came from

5 of 5 goals located
Brendan Gallagher · 1st 08:43 · 1–0 Torrey Mitchell · 2nd 03:21 · 2–0 Matt Moulson · 3rd 00:35 · 2–1 Brendan Gallagher · 3rd 06:43 · 3–1 Andrew Shaw · 3rd 11:36 · 4–1
MTL BUF
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Last meetings

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Canadiens lead the season series 1–0
Mar 162016 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF 3–2 OT Mar 102016 ⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–3 Feb 122016 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF 4–6 Feb 32016 ⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL 4–2 Oct 232015 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF 7–2
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Who won Canadiens vs Sabres on October 13, 2016?

Canadiens won 4–1. The final score was Canadiens 4, Sabres 1.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Brendan Gallagher (2), Andrew Shaw, Torrey Mitchell.

Who scored for Sabres?

Matt Moulson.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Al Montoya made 30 saves on 31 shots (.968 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Robin Lehner made 20 saves on 24 shots (.833 save percentage).

Where is Canadiens vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

What is the Canadiens vs Sabres season series?

Canadiens lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeApr 9 ⚡TBL @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–5 AfterOct 15 🇨🇦MTL @ 🏛️OTT 3–4
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeApr 9 ⚔️BUF @ 🏝️NYI 4–3 AfterOct 16 ⚔️BUF @ 🛢️EDM 6–2
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